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Joshua Barajas is the arts editor for the NewsHour. He can be reached at jbarajas@newshour.org.
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Nation Mar 27
WATCH: Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser gives coronavirus updateBowser is expected to speak at 11 a.m. ET today. Watch her remarks here.
Arts Mar 25
Yo-Yo Ma’s musical effort to share #SongsOfComfort amid coronavirusLast week, the NewsHour joined master cellist Yo-Yo Ma in asking the public to join the #SongsOfComfort effort and contribute music both old and new. Chief arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown shares some of what we have received here -- moments…
Arts Mar 24
Yo-Yo Ma calls for #SongsOfComfort amid pandemic. Here’s how you can join the effortYo-Yo Ma has brought joy to listeners for decades with his virtuosic musicianship. Now, he is using his music to offer some comfort to a global audience in the midst of a pandemic that has sparked widespread anxiety and pain.
Arts Mar 18
I toured this exhibit on epidemics before the coronavirus pandemic shut it downOn the second floor of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, a placard at the end of an exhibit asks a question we all may be thinking right now, in the middle of a global health emergency: What’s next?…
Nation Mar 17
WATCH: Kentucky governor gives coronavirus updateBeshear is expected to speak at 4 p.m. ET today. Watch the governor's remarks here.
Politics Mar 17
WATCH: Illinois governor gives coronavirus updatePritzker is expected to speak at 3:30 p.m. ET today. Watch the governor's remarks here.
Politics Mar 17
WATCH: Massachusetts governor gives coronavirus updateBaker is expected to speak at 1:15 p.m. ET today. Watch the governor's remarks here.
Politics Mar 17
WATCH: New Jersey governor gives coronavirus updateMurphy is scheduled to speak at 2 p.m. ET today. Watch the governor's remarks here.
Politics Mar 17
WATCH: North Carolina governor gives coronavirus updateCooper is expected to speak at 2 p.m. ET. Watch the governor's remarks here.
Nation Mar 17
WATCH: Ohio governor gives coronavirus updateDeWine is expected to speak at 2 p.m. ET. Watch the governor's remarks here.